Sixth Form Demand-led Presentation

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Future of 6th Form Funding
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• WELCOME

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Agenda

• The Case for Change
  
• How the System Will Work
• The Funding Formula Feedback from Trials
• Question Answer Session - Chair and Panel
  
• Summary Next Steps
  
• Close
  
  

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Future of 6th Form Funding
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• THE CASE FOR CHANGE
• 14-19 Reform Group (DfES)

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14-19 Reform objectives

• Boosting participation, progression and
  attainment
• An engaging curriculum with qualifications more
  valued by employers and HE
• Better guidance and support
• Full range of choices available in each local
  area
• Supported through funding system meeting
  principles set out in FE White Paper

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14-19 Targets

• 90 participation at age 17 by 2015
• Reduce the number of young people not in
  education, employment or training (NEET)
• 85 of 19 year olds attaining level 2 by 2013
• Raise the participation age

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Why?Post-16 training/skills are biggest
weaknesses
Age stage
0-11
11-19
Workforce
HE
OECD ranking
2 - 6
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Research output
Proportion of 4 year-olds enrolled in education
10 year old reading and literacy
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Survival rate on academic courses
15 year old mathematics and literacy
Post-16 participation rate
Proportion of workforce with skills above Level 2
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14-19 Reforms

• Entitlement for all young people to have access
  to 14 Diploma lines from 2013
• To deliver this institutions will need to
  collaborate
• The funding will need to support this
  particularly
• learner choice driving funding allocations
• a common funding system with comparable rates
• incentivising institutions to improve
  participation, progression and achievement rates
• a simple, transparent and easy to understand
  system, based on a relationship between LSC and
  providers

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Diploma timetable

• 2008/09 First teaching of Diplomas in ICT,
  Health Social Care, Engineering,
  Creative Media, Construction
• 2009/10 Land based, Manufacturing, Hair
  and Beauty, Business Administration,
  Hospitality
• 2010/11 Public services, Sport leisure,
  Retail, Travel Tourism
• 2013 14-19 entitlement in place

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Future of 6th Form Funding
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• HOW THE SYSTEM WILL WORK

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Key principles of the 14-19 landscape

• To ensure every young person can exercise their
  14-19 entitlement and
• undertake elements of programmes in other
  institution and
• access a broad programme of learning
• With planning overseen by the 14-19 partnership
  and
• effective collaboration

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The Challenge

• The White Paper challenges us to develop a system
  which
• incentivises improved participation, progression
  and achievement factors
• Whilst being
• transparent, simple and avoiding bureaucracy
• And providing
• appropriate stability and certainty for planning
• Further Education Raising Skills Improving life
  chances

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Principles of ademand led system

• Purchasing power devolved to employers and
  individuals
• Expanding choice and quality of provision
• Intervening in areas of market failure
• Building capacity
• Appropriate levels of planning
• Collaboration and competition
• Responsiveness to demand

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Demand Led Models
Employer Driven
Learner Driven
Apprenticeships 16-18
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16-18 Model
Employer Responsive Model
Learner Responsive Model
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How does it work?

• 14- 19 Partnership
• Research needs and demand to meet entitlement
• 14-19 Plan
• LA/LSC Review Provision against plan
• LA/LSC agree contributions to plan by discussion
  and agreement with schools, colleges and
  providers
• Allocation calculated

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Option 1Strategic Commissioning
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Option 2 16-18 ModelStrategic Commissioning
with reconciliation
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Reconciliation
?93.2M
?49.4M
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Reconciliation
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Reconciliation
?33.2M
?100.2M
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Declining pupil numbers in the future?
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Balancing incentivesand stability
Create stability and certainty for provider
planning
Create demand-led incentives
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Other significantchanges for schools

• New formula involves success rates
• Revised data collection
• Disadvantage factor uses IMD 2004
• Creation of ALS budget (from existing budget)

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LLDD including SEN
LLDD/SEN Costs
ALS Formula
Provision Costs
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New Diplomas

• Collaborative arrangements
• Pre-16 off site provision
• Pre-16 whole school funding consultation
• Post-16 funding flow

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Transitional protection

• Aim to reduce the effects of funding changes
  that result directly from the formula
• May be similar to the Minimum Funding Floor in
  schools

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Key Issues for Consultation

• 16-18 - Incentives v predictability
• Revised data - Early or accurate collection
• Disadvantage - Use of IMD 2004
• ALS Allocation - Impact on rates
• Diplomas - Funding flow

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Future of 6th Form Funding
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• THE NEW FUNDING
• FORMULA

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Funding formula
Standard learner number (SLN) x National Funding
Rate x Provider Factor Additional Learning
Support (ALS) FUNDING ALLOCATION OR OUTTURN IN
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Standard learner number

• Definition of a start - 6 weeks for longer
  courses
• Based on nominal guided learning hours for the
  qualifications each learner studies
• SLN glh/450 with maximum of 1.75
• Calculated individually for each pupil
• Funding allocations use SLNs that are based on
  discussions each Autumn
• In-year monitoring using Schools Census data

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National funding rate

• Announced annually by LSC
• In 2008/09 expected to be around 3,000 per SLN
• How does this compare with current rates?

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Provider factor

• Calculated annually using previous data
• Provider factor contains
• Programme weighting
• Disadvantage (based on IMD 2004)
• Area costs
• Success factor (uses published success rates for
  each school)
• For 2008/09 funding allocations, the provider
  factor will be calculated using PLAMS 2006/07

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Implications of the changes

• Maximum funding per pupil is calculated on
  individuals
• lower level than now
• Funding per qualification is increased
• Success element increased

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Sample calculationfor a real school
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Additional learning support

• Lower level claims
• Partly based on formula using prior attainment
• Partly based on negotiation
• Higher level claims
• Based on evolving SEN model

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Funding trials

• Trials took part with 18 volunteer schools
• These schools provided 2005/06 data in PLAMS
  format
• LSC compared funding using new formula with
  actual allocations
• Schools/LSC meetings and visits

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PLAMS data 2006/7Number of Sixth Forms
1723
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PLAMS v SPC data

• Numbers of Pupils
• SPC 361,249 PLAMS 357,758 Variation 1.0

Variations by schools
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A levels
Numbers of A-level subjects SPC 1,145,227
PLAMS 1,121,781 Variation 2.0
Variations by schools
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Modelling for all

• Next steps
• All schools will receive a comparison of PLAMS
  and September pupil count 2006/07
• Schools are asked to ensure June PLAMS
  submissions are accurate, with help from LSC
• Comparisons of funding approaches are only
  accurate where SPC and PLAMS closely match

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Future of 6th Form Funding
Comfort Break
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• Question Answer Session - Chair and Panel

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Future of 6th Form Funding
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• NEXT STEPS

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Diploma timetable

• 2008/09 First teaching of Diplomas in ICT,
  Health Social Care, Engineering,
  Creative Media, Construction
• 2009/10 Land based, Manufacturing, Hair
  and Beauty, Business Administration,
  Hospitality
• 2010/11 Public services, Sport leisure,
  Retail, Travel Tourism
• 2013 14-19 entitlement in place

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National next steps

• Post 16 Consultation Ends End
  March
• School funding arrangements 2008 -11 March -
  June
• Ministerial Decisions
  April - July
• Feedback on PLAMS Data April

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National next steps

• PLAMS Data Collection June
• Success Rates Calculated Autumn
• Indicative Allocations Dialogue Autumn
• School Census Collection October
• Final Allocations March 2008

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Future of 6th Form Funding